What are the challenges facing large cities over the next 50 years, how will cities becomes ‘smarter’, what risks do digital technologies introduce, and will a global parliament of mayors help or hinder?

In this post, we take a look at the mobilisation data for each fire station to calculate the time and distances involved in responding to incidents, before looking at the differences in spread of incidents across wards

In the UK there is a debate about whether it is reasonable to expect fire fighters to continue working until they are 60 before being eligible for a pension. The first port of call should be to analyse the incidents they attend…

Use of the phrase ‘Smart City’ has been dominated by technology companies designing city-wide systems with embedded sensors capturing and adapting to real-time feedback. But what really makes a city smart?